Cotswold Way

Length

102.4 miles (164.8 km) with 12,550 ft (3,800 meters) of ascent

Toughness

4 out of 10.

Maps

OS Explorer Maps : 45, 155, 167, 168, 179

Walk Notes

The Cotswold Way is a 102 miles long distance national trail. It follows the Cotswold hills from Bath, north to Chipping Campden.

National Trail website

Stages

Stage	Length (miles)	(km)	Ascent (feet)	(metres)
Stage 1 : Bath	16.3	26.3	1900	575
Stage 2 : Tormarton	14.9	24.0	1500	450
Stage 3 : Wotton-under-Edge	17.2	27.8	2600	800
Stage 4 : Stonehouse	15.3	24.7	2650	800
Stage 5 : Birdlip	20.7	33.3	2650	800
Stage 6 : Winchcombe	17.8	28.7	2300	700

Travel

Bath

Bath has a train station

Tormarton

There are buses to Yate, which has a train station.

Drivers: from a little further north along the Cotswold Way at Old Sodbury, there are are buses direct to Bath (about 4 a day, not Sunday, takes 1 hour).

Wooten-under-Edge

Bus #84 and #86 (about 6 a day, not Sunday) go from Wooten to Yate station

Drivers: Bus #84 and #86 stop at Old Sodbury before Yate.

Stonehouse

Stonehouse has a station

Drivers : Fromm Wooten bus 311 to Lower Cam. Change to bus 21 to Stonehouse. Every 2 hours, about 1 hour.

Birdlip

Bus #852 goes from the Air Balloon pub to Gloucester

Drivers can get the bus to Brockworth (or walk there), and catch the #46 bus to Stroud (near Stonehouse)

Winchcombe

to do

Chipping Campden

to do

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By Car	Start: BA1 1SU Directions Finish: Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire Directions
Amazon	OS Explorer OL45 : The Cotswolds view map OS Explorer 155 : Bristol & Bath view map OS Explorer 167 : Thornbury, Dursley & Yate view map OS Explorer 168 : Stroud, Tetbury & Malmesbury view map OS Explorer 179 : Gloucester, Cheltenham & Stroud view map
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